//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| BENBEN-MACD.mq4 |
//| Copyright ?2005, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|
http://www.metaquotes.net |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright ?2004, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link "http://www.metaquotes.net/"
//---- indicator settings
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 4
#property indicator_color1 Blue
#property indicator_color2 White
#property indicator_color3 Red
#property indicator_color4 Green
//int indicator_color3;
//---- indicator parameters
extern int FastEMA=12;
extern int SlowEMA=26;
extern int SignalSMA=9;
//---- indicator buffers
double ind_buffer1[];
double ind_buffer2[];
double ind_buffer3[];
double ind_buffer4[];
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//---- drawing settings
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_LINE,STYLE_SOLID,1);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_LINE,STYLE_SOLID,1);
SetIndexStyle(2,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,STYLE_SOLID,1);
SetIndexStyle(3,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,STYLE_SOLID,1);
SetIndexDrawBegin(1,SignalSMA);
IndicatorDigits(MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_DIGITS)+1);
//---- indicator buffers mapping
if(!SetIndexBuffer(0,ind_buffer1) && !SetIndexBuffer(1,ind_buffer2)&& !SetIndexBuffer(2,ind_buffer3)&& !SetIndexBuffer(3,ind_buffer4))
Print("cannot set indicator buffers!");
//---- name for DataWindow and indicator subwindow label
IndicatorShortName("MACD("+FastEMA+","+SlowEMA+","+SignalSMA+")");
SetIndexLabel(0,"MACD");
SetIndexLabel(1,"Signal");
//---- initialization done
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Moving Averages Convergence/Divergence |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int limit;
int counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
double temp,temp1;
//---- check for possible errors
if(counted_bars<0) return(-1);
//---- last counted bar will be recounted
if(counted_bars>0) counted_bars--;
limit=Bars-counted_bars;
//---- macd counted in the 1-st buffer
for(int i=0; i<limit; i++)
ind_buffer1
=iMA(NULL,0,FastEMA,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,i)-iMA(NULL,0,SlowEMA,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,i);
//---- signal line counted in the 2-nd buffer
for(i=0; i<limit; i++)
ind_buffer2=iMAOnArray(ind_buffer1,Bars,SignalSMA,0,MODE_SMA,i);
for(i=0; i<limit-1; i++)
{
temp=1.3*(ind_buffer1-ind_buffer2);
temp1=1.3*(ind_buffer1[i+1]-ind_buffer2[i+1]);
if(temp>temp1) {ind_buffer3=temp;ind_buffer4=0;}
else {ind_buffer3=0;ind_buffer4=temp;}
}
//---- done
return(0);
}